right brain
noun
: the right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain especially when viewed in terms of its predominant thought processes (such as creativity and intuitive thinking)
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Dogs used the right brain more for negative sounds (fear, sadness) and the left brain more for positive sounds (happiness).
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Poetry comes from the right brain but, interestingly, language comes largely from the left.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
In that procedure, Apple went through the femoral artery and an artery in the right arm to add two stents to open up the blood vessels leading to the right brain and the right arm.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Kumar, who moved to San Diego last year, is not only a writer but a researcher, that rare individual with both left brain and right brain working prolifically.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Poetry comes from the right brain but, interestingly, language comes largely from the left.
—Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
In that procedure, Apple went through the femoral artery and an artery in the right arm to add two stents to open up the blood vessels leading to the right brain and the right arm.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Kumar, who moved to San Diego last year, is not only a writer but a researcher, that rare individual with both left brain and right brain working prolifically.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2025
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right brain
noun
: the right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain especially when viewed in terms of its predominant thought processes (as creativity and intuitive thinking)
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